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WorksheetsCognitive Biases
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Cognitive bias is...
Errors in our thinking when trying to learn, interpret and process new information
Completely avoidable if you pick the right sources
Something others have but you don't
A tool we use to make sure we are always thinking correctly about new information
The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories
Confirmation Bias
Anchoring Bias
Choice Supportive Bias
The Bandwagon Effect
Searching for sources that confirm what you already believe is an example of:
Confirmation Bias
Anchoring Bias
Choice Supportive Bias
The Bandwagon Effect
Searching "Why was Satchel Paige the greatest baseball player of all time?" is an example of:
Confirmation Bias
Anchoring Bias
Choice Supportive Bias
The Bandwagon Effect
What is a good way to combat confirmation bias?
Reading information that disproves what you believe.
Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens
Not believing something just because it's popular
Being open to information that suggests you may have made the wrong choice
What is a good way to combat availability bias?
Reading information that disproves what you believe.
Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens
Not believing something just because it's popular
Being open to information that suggests you may have made the wrong choice
What is a good way to combat the bandwagon effect?
Reading information that disproves what you believe.
Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens
Not believing something just because it's popular
Being open to information that suggests you may have made the wrong choice
What is a good way to combat choice supportive bias?
Reading information that disproves what you believe.
Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens
Not believing something just because it's popular
Being open to information that suggests you may have made the wrong choice
What is a good way to combat blind spot bias?
Asking yourself, “What is my bias in this?”
Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens
Understanding why you believe something to be true
Being realistic about your knowledge, skills, and abilities
What is a good way to combat the Dunning-Kruger effect?
Asking yourself, “What is my bias in this?”
Digging into statistics about the frequency a topic or event happens
Understanding why you believe something to be true
Being realistic about your knowledge, skills, and abilities
Relying on the first piece of information we receive about a topic
Anchoring Bias
The Bandwagon Effect
Availability Bias
Blind Spot Bias
Overestimating the importance of the information that you have
Anchoring Bias
The Bandwagon Effect
Availability Bias
Blind Spot Bias
Believing in something just because it’s popular
Anchoring Bias
The Bandwagon Effect
Availability Bias
Blind Spot Bias
Believing something is true or correct because you chose it
Confirmation Bias
Choice Supportive Bias
Blind Spot Bias
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Recognizing that other people have bias but underestimating your own bias
Confirmation Bias
Choice Supportive Bias
Blind Spot Bias
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Thinking we understand or are better at things than we actually do or are
Confirmation Bias
Choice Supportive Bias
Blind Spot Bias
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
When you cling to previously learned information, despite new information or nuance, you are practicing...
Anchoring Bias
Choice Supportive Bias
Blind Spot Bias
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
When you focus on more widely covered topics than more regularly occurring topics, for example, foreign terrorism v domestic terrorism, you are practicing:
Anchoring Bias
Choice Supportive Bias
Blind Spot Bias
Availability Bias
When you accept popular ideas as true without examination, you are practicing
The Bandwagon Effect
Choice Supportive Bias
Blind Spot Bias
Availability Bias
When you call out someone else's bias while minimizing or ignoring your own, you are practicing...
The Bandwagon Effect
Choice Supportive Bias
Blind Spot Bias
Availability Bias
When you believe you are an expert on a topic because you've watched a lot of YouTube videos on a subject, you are practicing...
The Bandwagon Effect
Choice Supportive Bias
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Availability Bias
